yes, it was

after dinner and a long tiring day, the polymath and i fell to talking.

s: long day.
p: yeh.
s: really tired.
p: welcome to my world.
s: ...
p: may was a bad month.
s: yeh.
p: you were sick a lot.
s: (cough)
p: i was always tired from work.
s: (cough cough)
p: april was the best.
s: yeh.
p: ...

then he had to go home, an hour or so away.
and now i'm waiting for him to tell me he's home safe.

sigh.